# Follow the Money * Author: [Ruben Alvarado and Natalie Peters](https://www.amazon.com/Ruben-Alvarado/e/B002BLLDCK/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1) * ASIN: B00B9GA72K * ISBN: 1482350289 * Reference: [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B9GA72K]] * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00B9GA72K) --- Under the regime of coinage, the state and the mint establish valuation by imputing value to the coins they mint, which will always exceed the market value of the material used (otherwise the coins would be melted back down into <32>bullion). The state can only do this as long as it can maintain the legal order in which a fiduciary currency can function. Hence, fiduciary currency is a function of the legal order and cannot exist without it. — location: [435](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00B9GA72K&location=435)